COMMUNICATIONS

See also : Special Operations

The Communications Section is responsible for providing effective and efficient communications between people in the community requesting assistance from the UT Police Department and the officers responding. The Communications Section is the primary call service center for the Police Department. Also, the Communications Section endeavors to provide various support services for police and administrative operations.

The goals of the Communications Section are to efficiently, effectively, courteously, and promptly receive and record requests for police service; dispatch police units to handle every legitimate request made for police service; provide the department with centralized control of personnel and facilitate field operations through the rapid dissemination of critical information by radio and telephone.

The Communications Section has radio contact with all police officers and the ability to communicate directly with other local agencies such as the Knoxville Police Department. The Communications Officers are all certified to access the National Crime Information Center. The Communications Section is directly supervised by the Communications Coordinator, Mr. Tim York.

All calls for service should be directed to (865) 974-3111.

University of Tennessee Police Department

1101 Cumberland Ave
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1940
Phone: 865.974.3111
Fax: (865) 974-4072
Email: utpolice@utk.edu

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